CURRICULUM VITAE
LORENZO C. SIMPSON
PERSONAL DATA
ADDRESS: 20 MALVERN LANE, STONY BROOK , NEW YORK 11790
PHONE: HOME--(631) 751-9849; OFFICE--(631) 632-7594; FAX (631) 632-7522
E-MAIL: [email protected]
EDUCATION
PH.D. (PHILOSOPHY), YALE UNIVERSITY, 1978
M. PHIL. (PHILOSOPHY), YALE UNIVERSITY, 1973
M.S. (PHYSICS), UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, 1970
FURTHER STUDY (PHYSICS), UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, 1970-71
B.A. (PHYSICS AND PHILOSOPHY), YALE UNIVERSITY, 1968
ADDITIONAL EDUCATION
PRE-DOCTORAL:
THE MOUNT HERMON SCHOOL, 1961-63
HAMPTON INSTITUTE, 1963-64
POST-DOCTORAL:
POST DOCTORAL FELLOW IN PHILOSOPHY AT YALE UNIVERSITY, ACADEMIC YEAR 1980-81 AND 1986-87
INTER-UNIVERSITY CENTRE OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES, DUBROVNIK, YUGOSLAVIA, RESEARCH
SEMINAR, “THEORIES OF MODERNITY: NORMATIVE AND EMPIRICAL PERSPECTIVES,"
APRIL,1981
SEMINARS ON "RATIONALITY AND RELATIVISM," "THE MEANING OF A TEXT," AND "HEIDEGGER,"
CONDUCTED BY RICHARD RORTY, UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, FALL 1983, AND SPRING 1985
AREAS OF SPECIAL COMPETENCE AND INTEREST
CONTEMPORARY CONTINENTAL PHILOSOPHY (HERMENEUTICS AND CRITICAL THEORY)
PHILOSOPHY OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES
PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE AND OF TECHNOLOGY
NEOPRAGMATISM AND POSTANALYTIC PHILOSOPHY (RORTY AND PUTNAM)
PHILOSOPHY AND RACE
ACADEMIC HONORS
OUTSTANDING FACULTY AWARD, AWARDED BY THE COUNCIL OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND
THE GOVERNOR OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, 1990
APPOINTED COMMONWEALTH VISITING PROFESSOR OF PHILOSOPHY AT JAMES MADISON
UNIVERSITY (SPONSORED BY THE STATE COUNCIL OF HIGHER EDUCATION OF
VIRGINIA), ACADEMIC YEAR, 1988-89
NAMED DISTINGUISHED EDUCATOR, UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND, 1984
SIGMA XI (NATIONAL SCIENCE HONORS SOCIETY), 1981
FOOTE FELLOWSHIP FOR OUTSTANDING YALE COLLEGE GRADUATES AWARDED THROUGH
YALE GRADUATE SCHOOL
ELECTION TO J. WILLARD GIBBS SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY AT YALE
AWARD FOR HIGHEST FRESHMAN AVERAGE, HAMPTON INSTITUTE, ACADEMIC YEAR 1963-64
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AWARDS
FOR SCHOLARSHIP:
FELLOWSHIP, WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS, WASHINGTON, D.C., ACADEMIC
YEAR 1996-97
MEMBERSHIP, INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY IN PRINCETON (SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCE), ACADEMIC
YEAR 1996-97 (award declined)
FORD FOUNDATION POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP, ADMINISTERED BY THE NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL,
ACADEMIC YEAR 1986-87
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES SUMMER INSTITUTE ON THE LINGUISTIC TURN IN RECENT
CONTINENTAL THOUGHT, CONDUCTED BY CALVIN O. SCHRAG, PURDUE UNIVERSITY, JUNE 25-AUGUST
1, 1986
MEDNICK MEMORIAL FUND AWARD, GRANTED BY THE VIRGINIA FOUNDATION FOR INDEPENDENT
COLLEGES, 1983
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES SUMMER STIPEND, 1981
SOUTHERN FELLOWSHIPS FUND POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP, SPONSORED BY THE MELLON FOUNDATION,
ACADEMIC YEAR 1980-81
FACULTY SUMMER RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP AWARDED BY UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND, SUMMERS 1979, 1982,
1985, 1989, 1992, 1995, 1997
FOR TEACHING:
CHRISTIAN JOHNSON ENDEAVOR FUND GRANT TO DEVELOP COURSE ON THE “AESTHETICS OF JAZZ,”
1997
US TITLE VI GRANT TO DEVELOP COURSE ON “AFRICAN PHILOSOPHY,” 1996
OTHER PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION
SPECIAL SECTION OF ESSAYS ON MY WORK IN PHILOSOPHY AND SOCIAL CRITICISM, 33 (3) (2007): 275-341
“SCHOLAR’S SESSION” DEVOTED TO MY WORK AT THE 44th ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SOCIETY FOR
PHENOMENOLOGY AND EXISTENTIAL PHILOSOPHY (SPEP) , SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, OCTOBER 2005
MELLON VISITING SCHOLAR IN PHILOSOPHY, HOWARD UNIVERSITY, MARCH 3-5, 1993
NINTH ANNUAL LOCKE LECTURER, DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY, HOWARD UNIVERSITY, APRIL 1986
COMMONWEALTH VISITING SCHOLAR IN PHILOSOPHY, VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY, APRIL 28-29, 1983
VISITING APPOINTMENTS
MARS VISITING PROFESSOR IN THE PROGRAM IN ETHICS, POLITICS AND ECONOMICS AND THE DEPARTMENT
OF PHILOSOPHY AT YALE UNIVERSITY, SEPTEMBER 2008-DECEMBER 2008
COMMONWEALTH VISITING PROFESSOR OF PHILOSOPHY AT JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY,
SEPTEMBER 1988-MAY 1989
VISITING ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF PHILOSOPHY AT HOWARD UNIVERSITY, JANUARY 1986-MAY 1986
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
CHAIR, DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY AT STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT STONY BROOK, SEPTEMBER
2003-AUGUST 2006
INTERIM CHAIR, DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH AT STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT STONY BROOK,
SEPTEMBER 1999-AUGUST 2000 (designated Professor of English at SUNY/Stony Brook, 2001- )
PROFESSOR OF PHILOSOPHY AT THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT STONY BROOK, SEPTEMBER 1998PROFESSOR OF PHILOSOPHY AT UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND, AUGUST 1992-AUGUST 1998
CHAIR, DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY AT UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND, AUGUST 1989-JULY 1995
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF PHILOSOPHY AT UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND, AUGUST 1985-JULY 1992
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF PHILOSOPHY AT UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND, AUGUST 1976-JULY 1985--- TENURE
GRANTED, 1983
DEAN OF BRANFORD COLLEGE AT YALE UNIVERSITY, JULY 1975-JUNE 1976
TEACHING FELLOW IN PHILOSOPHY AT YALE, SEPTEMBER 1973-DECEMBER 1973
INSTRUCTOR IN PHILOSOPHY AT QUINNIPIAC COLLEGE, SEPTEMBER 1972-JULY 1973
INSTRUCTOR IN PHYSICS AT GEORGE MASON COLLEGE, SUMMER 1971
TEACHING ASSISTANT IN PHYSICS AT UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, SEPTEMBER 1968-JUNE 1971
INSTRUCTOR IN PHYSICS AT WASHINGTON TECHNICAL INSTITUTE, SUMMER 1970
AERO-SPACE TECHNOLOGIST WITH THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION, SUMMER
1968
PUBLICATIONS (see also "WORK IN PROGRESS")
BOOKS:
THE UNFINISHED PROJECT: TOWARDS A POSTMETAPHYSICAL HUMANISM (NEW YORK AND LONDON:
ROUTLEDGE, 2001)--Selected for discussion in “Author Meets Critics” session at the 2002 meeting of the Society for
Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy; reviews have appeared so far in The Times Literary Supplement (TLS);
Theory, Culture & Society; and in Teaching Philosophy. It was also the subject of an NPR radio interview produced by
Dialogue Radio at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and a symposium on it appears in Philosophy
and Social Criticism
TECHNOLOGY, TIME, AND THE CONVERSATIONS OF MODERNITY (NEW YORK AND LONDON: ROUTLEDGE,
1995)–Selected for discussion in “Author Meets Critics” session at the 1998 meeting of the Society for Phenomenology
and Existential Philosophy; reviews have appeared so far in Philosophy and Social Criticism, International Studies in
Philosophy, American Journal of Sociology, Canadian Journal of Sociology, British Journal of Sociology, Radical
Philosophy, Journal of the Society for Philosophy and Technology, and a review essay on it has appeared in Research in
Philosophy and Technology
CHINESE TRANSLATION OF TECHNOLOGY, TIME, AND THE CONVERSATIONS OF MODERNITY (BEIJING,
PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: SCIENCE PRESS, 2017), FORTHCOMING
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BOOK CHAPTERS AND JOURNAL ARTICLES:
“THE ‘SOUND’ OF MUSIC: SONIC AGENCY AND THE DIALECTIC OF FREEDOM AND CONSTRAINT IN JAZZ
IMPROVISATION,” IN SOUND AND AFFECT, EDITED BY JUDITH LOCHHEAD AND STEPHEN SMITH
(CHICAGO: UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS), FORTHCOMING
“ON NIETZSCHE, ADORNO AND ‘THE HALLELUJAH EFFECT’,” NEW NIETZSCHE STUDIES, FORTHCOMING
“EPISTEMIC AND POLITICAL AGENCY,” IN ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK TO EPISTEMIC
INJUSTICE, EDITED BY GAILE POHLHAUS, IAN KIDD AND JOSE MEDINA (LONDON AND NEW YORK:
ROUTLEDGE, FEBRUARY 2017), FORTHCOMING
“CRITICAL FUSIONS: TOWARDS A GENUINE ‘HERMENEUTICS OF SUSPICION’,” IN INHERITING GADAMER: NEW
DIRECTIONS IN PHILOSOPHICAL HERMENEUTICS, EDITED BY GEORGIA WARNKE (EDINBURGH, UK:
EDINBURGH UNIV. PRESS, FEBRUARY 2016)
“CRITICAL INTERVENTIONS: TOWARDS A HERMENEUTICAL REJOINDER,” IN THE AGON OF INTERPRETATIONS:
TOWARDS A CRITICAL INTERCULTURAL HERMENEUTICS, EDITED BY MING XIE (TORONTO:
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO PRESS, 2014)
“TWIN EARTH AND ITS HORIZONS: ON HERMENEUTICS, REFERENCE, AND SCIENTIFIC THEORY CHOICE,”
THE PHILOSOPHICAL FORUM, 43 (2012): 1-25
“ON THE VERY IDEA OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT: REFLECTIONS ON THOMAS MCCARTHY’S RACE, EMPIRE, AND
THE IDEA OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT,” SYMPOSIA ON GENDER, RACE, AND PHILOSOPHY, EDITED BY
ROBERT GOODING-WILLIAMS AND ALIA AL-SAJI, 8 (WINTER 2012): 1-18 http://web.mit.edu/sgrp
“TECHNOLOGICAL RATIONALITY,” IN A BLACKWELL COMPANION TO THE PHILOSOPHY OF TECHNOLOGY,
EDITED BY JAN KYRRE BERG OLSEN, STIG ANDUR PEDERSEN, AND VINCENT HENDRICKS (OXFORD:
BLACKWELL, 2009)
“HUMANISM AND COSMOPOLITANISM AFTER ‘68,” NEW FORMATIONS, 65 (2008): 54-66
“COSMOPOLITANISM, HUMANISM, AND MEANING,” contribution to special issue devoted to my work,
PHILOSOPHY AND SOCIAL CRITICISM, 33 (2007): 319-341
“INTRODUCTION,” TEKNOLOGIENS FILOSOFI (PHILOSOPHY OF TECHNOLOGY, in Danish), EDITED BY JAN-KYRRE
BERG OLSEN AND STIG ANDUR PEDERSEN (COPENHAGEN: BIOFILIA), FORTHCOMING
“CRITICAL THEORY, AESTHETICS, AND BLACK MODERNITY.” IN A BLACKWELL COMPANION TO AFRICAN
AMERICAN PHILOSOPHY, EDITED BY TOMMY LOTT AND JOHN PITTMAN (OXFORD: BLACKWELL, 2003)
“ON HABERMAS AND DIFFERENCE: CRITICAL THEORY AND THE ‘POLITICS OF RECOGNITION,’” IN
PERSPECTIVES ON HABERMAS, EDITED BY LEWIS E. HAHN (CHICAGO: OPEN COURT, 2000)
“COMMUNICATION AND THE POLITICS OF DIFFERENCE: READING IRIS YOUNG,” CONSTELLATIONS: AN
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CRITICAL AND DEMOCRATIC THEORY, 7 (2000): 430-442
“HUMANISM, POSTMODERNISM, AND IRONY.” STUDIES IN PRACTICAL PHILOSOPHY 1 (1999): 114-132
“CRITICAL THEORY AND NATURE: A REPLY TO VOGEL.” CAPITALISM, NATURE, SOCIALISM 9 (1998): 2428
"COMMUNITY AND DIFFERENCE: REFLECTIONS IN THE WAKE OF RODNEY KING." IN ARTIFACTS,
REPRESENTATIONS AND SOCIAL PRACTICE: ESSAYS FOR MARX WARTOFSKY, EDITED BY ROBERT
COHEN AND CAROL GOULD (DORDRECHT: KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS, 1994), PP. 525-542
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"EVADING THEORY AND TRAGEDY?: READING CORNEL WEST." PRAXIS INTERNATIONAL 13 (1993): 32-45 (This
issue also contains West’s reply to me)
"ON THE HISTORICIST TURN IN AMERICAN PHILOSOPHY: A REPLY TO WEST." NEWSLETTER OF THE AMERICAN
PHILOSOPHICAL ASSOCIATION 1 (OCT. 1, 1991): 28-31
"VALUES, RESPECT AND RECOGNITION: ON RACE AND CULTURE IN THE NEO-CONSERVATIVE DEBATE."
PRAXIS INTERNATIONAL 7 (1987): 164-73
"ON HABERMAS AND PARTICULARITY: IS THERE ROOM FOR RACE AND GENDER ON THE GLASSY PLAINS OF
IDEAL DISCOURSE?" PRAXIS INTERNATIONAL 6 (1986): 328-340
"MARCUSE, TIME AND TECHNIQUE: CONCERNING THE RATIONAL FOUNDATIONS OF CRITICAL THEORY." THE
PHILOSOPHICAL FORUM 17 (1986): 245-70
"SCIENCE, LANGUAGE AND EXPERIENCE: REFLECTIONS ON THE NATURE OF SELF-UNDERSTANDING." MAN
AND WORLD 16 (1983): 25-41
"CRITICAL REMARKS CONCERNING MARCUSE'S NOTION OF SCIENCE." PHILOSOPHY OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES
13 (1983): 451-63
"ON SCIENTIFIC KNOWING." YALE SCIENTIFIC MAGAZINE 7 (FEBRUARY 1968): 6-10
REVIEWS AND REVIEW ESSAYS:
JAMES ROBERT BROWN, WHO RULES IN SCIENCE. THE REVIEW OF METAPHYSICS, FORTHCOMING
REVIEW ESSAY: STEVEN VOGEL, AGAINST NATURE: THE CONCEPT OF NATURE IN CRITICAL THEORY.
CANADIAN PHILOSOPHICAL REVIEWS, FORTHCOMING
HOWARD WINANT, RACIAL CONDITIONS: POLITICS, THEORY, COMPARISONS. POLITICAL STUDIES (UK), 43
(1995): 792
JERALD WALLULIS, THE HERMENEUTICS OF LIFE HISTORY: PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENT AND HISTORY IN
GADAMER, HABERMAS, AND ERIKSON. THE REVIEW OF METAPHYSICS, 46 (DECEMBER 1992): 426-428
REVIEW ESSAY: C. FRED ALFORD, SCIENCE AND THE REVENGE OF NATURE: MARCUSE AND HABERMAS.
PHILOSOPHY OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES 18 (1988): 572-77
SELECTED INVITED PRESENTATIONS
“THE HALLELUJAH EFFECT: A REPLY TO BABICH,” COMMENTARY PRESENTED AT ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
SOCIETY FOR PHENOMENOLOGY AND EXISTENTIAL PHILOSOPHY, NEW ORLEANS, LA, OCTOBER 2014
“THE ‘SOUND’ OF MUSIC: SONIC AGENCY AND THE DIALECTIC OF FREEDOM AND CONSTRAINT IN JAZZ
IMPROVISATION,” PAPER PRESENTED, “SOUND AND AFFECT: VOICE, MUSIC, WORLD,”
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, HUMANITIES INSTITUTE AT STONY BROOK, NY APRIL, 2014; ALSO AT
JOYCE MITCHELL COOK CONFERENCE, DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY, YALE UNIVERSITY, DECEMBER
2015
“CRITICAL FUSIONS: TOWARDS A GENUINE ‘HERMENEUTICS OF SUSPICION’," KEYNOTE ADDRESS, NORTH
AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR PHILOSOPHICAL HERMENEUTICS, UNIV. OF CALIFORNIA/RIVERSIDE,
OCTOBER 2012
“TOWARDS A CRITICAL HUMANISM UNDER CONDITIONS OF GLOBAL MODERNITY,” INVITED
KEYNOTE ADDRESS, CONFERENCE ON “”MODERNITY, CRITIQUE AND HUMANISM,” KING SAUD
UNIVERSITY, RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA, APRIL 2012
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“THE QUESTION OF THE OTHER: A RESPONSE TO BERNHARD WALDENFELS,” COMMENTARY PRESENTED,
STONY BROOK/MANHATTAN, NEW YORK, NY, NOVEMBER 2010
“ON THE VERY IDEA OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT: REFLECTIONS ON THOMAS MCCARTHY’S RACE, EMPIRE, AND
THE IDEA OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT , COMMENTARY PRESENTED, 17TH ANNUAL CRITICAL THEORY
ROUNDTABLE, NEW YORK, NY, SEPTEMBER 2009, REVISED VERSION PRESENTED AT CENTRAL DIVISION
MEETING OF AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL ASSOCIATION, MINNEAPOLIS, MINN., APRIL 2011
“THE DIALECTIC OF FREEDOM AND CONSTRAINT: IMPROVISATION IN ETHICS AND THE ETHICS OF
IMPROVISATION,” TALK PRESENTED, CENTER FOR JAZZ STUDIES, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, NOVEMBER
2008 http://jazzstudiesonline.org/?q=node/985 http://jazzstudiesonline.org/?q=node/985.
“PHILOSOPHY AND THE NEW CENTURY,” TALK PRESENTED, PHILOSOPHY ALUMNI CONFERENCE,
DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY, YALE UNIVERSITY, APRIL 2008
“SCHOLAR’S SESSION: THE WORK OF LORENZO SIMPSON,” REPLIES TO PAPERS BY ROBERT GOODINGWILLIAMS AND DAVID RASMUSSEN, THE SOCIETY FOR PHENOMENOLOGY AND EXISTENTIAL
PHILOSOPHY, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, OCTOBER 2005
“TWIN EARTH AND ITS HORIZONS: ON HERMENEUTICS, REFERENCE, AND SCIENTIFIC THEORY CHOICE,” TALK
PRESENTED, FACULTY COLLOQUIUM SERIES, DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY, YALE UNIVERSITY, NEW
HAVEN, CT, MAY 2005; ALSO PRESENTED AT FIRST ANNUAL MEETING OF THE NORTH AMERICAN
SOCIETY FOR PHILOSOPHICAL HERMENEUTICS, WENHAM, MA, JUNE 2006
‘THE UNFINISHED PROJECT,” INTERVIEW ON TOPIC OF MY BOOK BY WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL
CENTER FOR SCHOLARS’ DIALOGUE RADIO PROGRAM FOR US AND INTERNATIONAL BROADCAST ON
NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO STATIONS, WASHINGTON, DC, JUNE 2003
http://wwics.si.edu/index.cfm?fuseaction=dialogue.welcome
“HUMANISM AND ITS DISCONTENTS: THE ‘PROBLEM’ OF MULTICULTURALISM,” PAPER PRESENTED,
DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COLUMBIA, SC, APRIL 2003
“HUMANITAS: A RECONSIDERATION,” PAT KAHANA MEMORIAL FUND KEYNOTE ADDRESS, 15TH ANNUAL
INTERDISCIPLINARY GRADUATE CONFERENCE, SUNY/ STONY BROOK, FEBRUARY 2003
“THE UNFINISHED PROJECT: A REPLY TO MY CRITICS,” PAPER PRESENTED AT SYMPOSIUM ON MY BOOK, THE
UNFINISHED PROJECT: TOWARD A POSTMETAPHYSICAL HUMANISM, SPONSORED BY THE SOCIETY FOR
PHENOMENOLOGY AND EXISTENTIAL PHILOSOPHY, LOYOLA UNIVERSITY, CHICAGO, ILL, OCTOBER 2002
“ALTERITY AND ITS DISCONTENTS,” PAPER PRESENTED, HUMANITIES INSTITUTE AT STONY BROOK,
OCTOBER 2001
“REPLY TO MY READERS,” PAPER PRESENTED AT SYMPOSIUM ON MY BOOK, TECHNOLOGY, TIME, AND THE
CONVERSATIONS OF MODERNITY, SPONSORED BY THE SOCIETY FOR PHENOMENOLOGY AND
EXISTENTIAL PHILOSOPHY, UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT DENVER, OCTOBER 1998
“THE UNFINISHED PROJECT: TOWARDS A POSTMETAPHYSICAL HUMANISM,” SEMINAR PRESENTATION,
WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS, WASHINGTON, D.C., MARCH 1997
“CRITICAL THEORY AND NATURE: A REPLY TO VOGEL.” COMMENTARY PRESENTED, “RETHINKING
MARXISM” CONFERENCE, UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AT AMHERST, AMHERST, MASSACHUSETTS,
DECEMBER, 1996
"HUMANISM, POSTMODERNISM, AND IRONY." PAPER PRESENTED, "CONTEMPORARY CURRENTS IN
CONTINENTAL PHILOSOPHY" LECTURE SERIES, DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY, AMHERST COLLEGE,
AMHERST, MASSACHUSETTS, APRIL 1995; ALSO PRESENTED, SOCIETY FOR PHENOMENOLOGY AND
EXISTENTIAL PHILOSOPHY, WASHINGTON, D.C., OCTOBER 1996
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"BIOLOGY, RACE, ETHNICITY AND CULTURE: A RESPONSE TO PHILIP KITCHER." COMMENTARY PRESENTED,
"RACE: ITS MEANING AND SIGNIFICANCE" CONFERENCE, DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY, RUTGERS
UNIVERSITY, NEW BRUNSWICK, NEW JERSEY, NOVEMBER 1994
"DIFFERENCE, EMBODIMENT AND THE TRAGIC: A RESPONSE TO YOUNG, OKIN AND WEST." COMMENTARY
PRESENTED, "DEMOCRACY AND DIFFERENCE" CONFERENCE, YALE UNIVERSITY PROGRAM IN SOCIAL
THOUGHT AND ETHICS, YALE UNIVERSITY, NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, APRIL 1993
"COMMUNITY AND DIFFERENCE: REFLECTIONS IN THE WAKE OF RODNEY KING." PAPER PRESENTED, MELLON
LECTURE SERIES, DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY, HOWARD UNIVERSITY, WASHINGTON, D.C., MARCH
1993; ALSO PRESENTED FOR “HONORS WEEK,” DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY, VIRGINIA STATE
UNIVERSITY, PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA, APRIL 1997
"ON POSTMODERNISM: A CRITICAL VIEW." PAPER PRESENTED, PHILOSOPHY CLUB, DEPARTMENT OF
PHILOSOPHY, VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, MARCH 1992: ALSO;
PRESENTED TO DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY, HOWARD UNIVERSITY, WASHINGTON, D.C., MARCH 1993
"THE HISTORICIST TURN IN AMERICAN PHILOSOPHY: A REPLY TO WEST." COMMENTARY ON INVITED PAPER,
AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL ASSOCIATION, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, DECEMBER 1990
"TECHNOLOGY, POSTSTRUCTURALISM AND NIHILISM: NOTES TOWARDS THE TRIVIALIZATION OF A
DISTINCTION." PAPER PRESENTED, DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY, STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
AT STONY BROOK, STONY BROOK, NEW YORK, DECEMBER 1989
"THE TIME OF MEANING AND THE TIME OF ENDS." PAPER PRESENTED, COLLOQUIUM ON TECHNOLOGY AND
SELF-UNDERSTANDING, SOCIETY FOR PHILOSOPHY AND TECHNOLOGY, AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL
ASSOCIATION, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, APRIL 1989
"SCIENCE, LANGUAGE, AND EXPERIENCE." PAPER PRESENTED, STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
CONFERENCE, `BRIDGING THE TWO CULTURES: SCIENTIFIC AND HUMANISTIC UNDERSTANDING,'
SPONSORED BY THE NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND THE DEPARTMENT OF
HUMANITIES, STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY, APRIL 1989 (Leo Marx, the
William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of American Cultural History at M.I.T., and I were the keynote speakers at this conference); ALSO
PRESENTED, INTER-UNIVERSITY CENTRE OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES, DUBROVNIK, CROATIA, APRIL
1981; DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY, UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA, APRIL 1982
"ON MEANING, VALUE, AND TIME IN A TECHNICAL CIVILIZATION." PAPER PRESENTED, INITIATION CEREMONY
OF MU CHAPTER OF PHI SIGMA TAU, NATIONAL PHILOSOPHY HONORARY SOCIETY, DEPARTMENT OF
PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION, JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY, HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA, MARCH 1989
"THE HABERMAS/GADAMER DEBATE: A REPLY TO KELLY." COMMENTARY PRESENTED, AMERICAN
PHILOSOPHICAL ASSOCIATION COLLOQUIUM ON HEIDEGGER/CRITICAL THEORY DEBATE, EASTERN
DIVISION MEETING OF THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL ASSOCIATION, WASHINGTON, D.C., DECEMBER
1988
"TECHNOLOGY, MEANING AND TIME." SEMINAR PRESENTATION, WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL
CENTER FOR SCHOLARS, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, WASHINGTON, D.C., MAY 1987
"AESTHETICISM, CRITIQUE AND THE POST-MODERN CONSENSUS." PAPER PRESENTED, FORD FOUNDATION
FELLOWS CONFERENCE, NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, WASHINGTON, D.C., NOVEMBER 1986
"REASON, VALUES AND THE GOOD LIFE." PAPER PRESENTED, NINTH ANNUAL LOCKE LECTURE, DEPARTMENT
OF PHILOSOPHY, HOWARD UNIVERSITY, WASHINGTON, D.C., APRIL 1986
"SCIENCE AND AFRO-CENTRIC EXPERIENCE." PAPER PRESENTED, NINTH ANNUAL BLACK STUDIES
CONFERENCE, OLIVE-HARVEY COLLEGE, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, APRIL 1986
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"ON HABERMAS AND PARTICULARITY: IS THERE ROOM FOR RACE AND SEX ON THE GLASSY PLAINS OF IDEAL
DISCOURSE?" PAPER PRESENTED, MELLON LECTURE SERIES, DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY, HOWARD
UNIVERSITY, APRIL 1985; INVITATION TO PRESENT AT INTER-UNIVERSITY CENTRE OF POSTGRADUATE
STUDIES, DUBROVNIK, YUGOSLAVIA, MARCH 1986
"HABERMAS AND RATIONALITY: A REPLY TO MR. INGRAM." COMMENTARY PRESENTED, AMERICAN
PHILOSOPHICAL ASSOCIATION COLLOQUIUM ON HABERMAS AND ECONOMICS, EASTERN DIVISION
MEETING OF THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL ASSOCIATION, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, DECEMBER
1983
"SCIENCE, CRITIQUE AND AFRICAN CULTURE." PAPER PRESENTED, INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CONFERENCE
ON AFRICANA PHILOSOPHY, HAVERFORD COLLEGE, HAVERFORD, PA, JULY 1982
"HERMENEUTICS AND AESTHETICS." PAPER PRESENTED, FACULTY SEMINAR ON POST-MODERNISM,
UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND, MARCH 1980
COMMENTARY ON PAPER ENTITLED "THE METAPHYSICS OF MAGIC," PRESENTED AT EASTERN DIVISION
MEETING OF THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL ASSOCIATION, WASHINGTON, D.C., DECEMBER 1978
WORK IN PROGRESS
BOOKS:
“TOWARDS A CRITICAL HERMENEUTICS: INTERVENTIONS IN SCIENCE, POLITICS, RACE AND CULTURE”
(currently under review by Columbia University Press)
“THE IMPROVISATIONAL MOMENT: IMPROVISATIONAL KNOWING AND THE ETHICS OF IMPROVISATION”
REVIEW:
“RADICALIZING PHILOSOPHY OF TECHNOLOGY: A REPLY TO A. FEENBERG,” RADICAL PHILOSOPHICAL
REVIEW
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
EXTERNAL EVALUATOR FOR COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS, FALL 2015
APPOINTED TO ADVISORY BOARD OF NEW FORMATIONS: A JOURNAL OF CULTURE/THEORY/POLITICS, 2015MEMBER, ADVISORY BOARD FOR THE “PLURALIST’S GUIDE TO PHILOSOPHY,” 2010APPOINTED TO THE PROGRAM COMMITTEE OF THE EASTERN DIVISION OF THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL
ASSOCIATION, 2006-2008
APPOINTED TO THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO THE EASTERN DIVISION PROGRAM COMMITTEE OF THE
AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL ASSOCIATION, 2002-2005, 2010-2013
APPOINTED EDITORIAL ASSOCIATE OF CONSTELLATIONS: AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CRITICAL AND
DEMOCRATIC THEORY , 1994 APPOINTED TO EDITORIAL BOARD OF THE PHILOSOPHICAL FORUM, 1990LECTURER AND FACULTY PARTICIPANT IN RUTGERS UNIVERSITY’S SUMMER PHILOSOPHY INSTITUTE FOR
MINORITIES, JULY 2001
MODERATOR AND CHAIR, “READING ACROSS BORDERS,” 24th ANNUAL MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL
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ASSOCIATION FOR PHILOSOPHY AND LITERATURE, MAY 2000
MODERATOR, SESSION ON JAMES SWINDAL’S REFLECTION REVISITED, SOCIETY FOR PHENOMENOLOGY AND
EXISTENTIAL PHILOSOPHY, OCTOBER 2000
MODERATOR, SESSION ON “RACE AND CULTURE,” SOCIETY FOR PHENOMENOLOGY AND EXISTENTIAL
PHILOSOPHY, OCTOBER 1997
MODERATOR AND CHAIR, SESSION ON PAUL GILROY’S THE BLACK ATLANTIC, EASTERN DIVISIONAL MEETING
OF AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL ASSOCIATION, DECEMBER 1995
MEMBER OF ADVISORY COMMITTEE, DUPONT VISITING SCHOLARS PROGRAM, VIRGINIA FOUNDATION FOR
INDEPENDENT COLLEGES, 1990FELLOWSHIP APPLICATION READER, WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS,
WASHINGTON, D.C., 1989, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1997
EVALUATION PANELIST FOR FORD FOUNDATION FELLOWSHIPS, NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL,
WASHINGTON, D.C., 1990
SERVED ON PLANNING COMMITTEE FOR AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON "BIOMEDICAL ETHICS AND THE
BLACK PERSPECTIVE," SPONSORED BY THE KENNEDY INSTITUTE OF ETHICS AT GEORGETOWN
UNIVERSITY, WASHINGTON D.C., SPRING 1987
SESSION CHAIRPERSON FOR SESSION ENTITLED "THE STATE OF AFRICANA PHILOSOPHY," INTERNATIONAL
RESEARCH CONFERENCE ON AFRICANA PHILOSOPHY, HAVERFORD COLLEGE, HAVERFORD, PA, JULY
1982
MANUSCRIPT REFEREE FOR:
STANFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
ROUTLEDGE, CHAPMAN AND HALL
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA PRESS
CONSTELLATIONS: AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CRITICAL AND DEMOCRATIC THEORY
THE PHILOSOPHICAL FORUM
THE SOCIETY FOR PHILOSOPHY AND TECHNOLOGY'S FIFTH BIENNIAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE IN
BORDEAUX, FRANCE
MCGRAW-HILL BOOK COMPANY
SOUTHERN SPEECH COMMUNICATION JOURNAL
EXTERNAL REFEREE FOR HAVERFORD COLLEGE PROMOTION AND TENURE COMMITTEE, SPRING 1985; FOR
DENISON UNIVERSITY, FALL 1995; FOR NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, SPRING 1997, 2005; FOR
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA/RIVERSIDE, SPRING 2008; AND FOR UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY, FALL 2015
UNIVERSITY SERVICE AT SUNY/STONY BROOK
PHILOSOPHY DEPARTMENT:
CHAIR, SEARCH COMMITTEE FOR EXTERNAL CHAIR, 2015-16
MEMBER, GRADUATE PROGRAM COMMITTEE, 2010DEPUTY PLACEMENT DIRECTOR, 2009CHAIR, SEPTEMBER 2003-AUGUST 2006
GRADUATE PROGRAM DIRECTOR, JANUARY 2001-DECEMBER 2002
MEMBER, DEPARTMENTAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
DELIVERED COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS FOR DEPARTMENTAL GRADUATION CEREMONY
DEPARTMENTAL REPRESENTATIVE TO ARTS AND SCIENCES SENATE
SERVED AS JUDGE FOR TECHNOSCIENCE ESSAY PRIZE
PROMOTION COORDINATOR FOR KENNETH BAYNES, SPRING 2002; AND MARY RAWLINSON, SPRING 2000
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ENGLISH DEPARTMENT:
INTERIM CHAIR, 1999-2000
TENURE AND PROMOTION COORDINATOR FOR PETER MANNING
UNIVERSITY:
MEMBER, A&S DEAN’S COMMITTEE ON DIVERSITY IN FACULTY RETENTION AND RECRUITMENT, 2014-15
MEMBER, SELECTION COMMITTEE FOR ARTS AND SCIENCES FAHSS GRANTS, 2013MEMBER, CONSULTING BOARD FOR HUMANITIES INSTITUTE AT STONY BROOK
CHAIR, SEARCH COMMITTEE TO SELECT OUTSIDE CHAIR FOR AFRICANA STUDIES DEPARTMENT, AY 2001-2002
MEMBER, SEARCH COMMITTEE TO SELECT DEAN OF COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES, AY 2001-2002
MEMBER, TURNER ADVISORY COMMITTEE, 2001MEMBER, ADVISORY BOARD FOR HUMANITIES INSTITUTE AT STONY BROOK, 1998-2008
HONORARY DEGREE COMMITTEE
GRADUATE TEACHING ACTIVITY
DISSERTATION COMMITTEES AND INDEPENDENT STUDIES DIRECTED AT STONY BROOK:
DISSERTATION COMMITTEES
PHILOSOPHY: Peter Fristedt (director), Soren Whited (director), Alexander Pjevalica (director), Daniel Thiel (director),
Eun Ah Lee (director), Emily Lee (co-director), Michael Roess (co-director), Patrick Casey, Wakagi Takahashi, Jennifer
Carter, Heather Wilson, Celina Bragagnolo, Caroline Arruda, Gaile Polhaus, Erin Flynn, Ken Yip, Bonnie Mann, Ethan
Kosimider, Marcus Dracos, JavierAguirre, Daniel Ucko, Christopher Manno, Alyssa Adamson
ENGLISH: Srikanth Vallaperanu
GRADUATE STUDENT READING GROUPS DIRECTED (biweekly meetings)
PHILOSOPHY: “Science and Multiculturalism,” Emily Lee and Thornton Tibbals, spring 1999-2001
“Linda Alcoff’s Real Knowing,” spring and summer 2000-01
ENGLISH: “Postmodern Ethnography,” Carey Snyder, fall and spring 1999-2000
GRADUATE TEACHING ACTIVITY AT OTHER UNIVERSITIES:
INVITED PARTICIPANT IN DOCTORAL SEMINARS CONDUCTED BY PROFESSOR LEONARD HARRIS
FOCUSING ON MY PUBLISHED WORK, PURDUE UNIVERSITY AND MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY,
NOVEMBER 2009
READER FOR DOCTORAL QUALIFYING PAPER, DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY, YALE UNIVERSITY, 2005
UNIVERSITY SERVICE AT UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND
SEARCH COMMITTEE FOR TYLER-HAYNES PROFESSOR, 1994-95
AFRICAN STUDIES ADVISORY BOARD, 1993ORGANIZED SYMPOSIUM ON THE RODNEY KING VERDICT AND THE LOS ANGELES UPRISING, SPRING 1993
CONCEIVED AND CO-ORDINATED NEH LECTURE SERIES: "RATIONALITY, IDEOLOGY AND DIFFERENCE," SPRING
1991
ELECTION TO TENURE AND PROMOTION COMMITTEE OF THE FACULTY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES, 1990-1993
ORGANIZED SYMPOSIUM ON HISTORICALLY INFLUENTIAL BLACK SCHOLARS, FEBRUARY 1990
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LED FACULTY STUDY GROUP ON THE RECENT WORK OF JURGEN HABERMAS, SPRING 1988
HONORARY DEGREE COMMITTEE, 1987-88
UNIVERSITY INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARD, 1987ELECTION TO THE UNIVERSITY FACULTY COUNCIL, 1984-87
DISINVESTMENT STUDY COMMITTEE (to advise trustees regarding University investments in companies doing business in South
Africa), 1985-86
UNIVERSITY HONORS PROGRAM COMMITTEE, 1983-84
CONNECTICUT GENERAL SCHOLARS COMMITTEE (for black students in the Richmond area), 1982
CO-CHAIR, ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR DIRECTOR OF OFFICE OF SPONSORED PROGRAMS, SPRING AND
SUMMER 1982
SUB-COMMITTEE ON UNIVERSITY GOVERNANCE--OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, 1981-82
SEARCH COMMITTEE FOR GRADUATE DEAN, 1979-80
DIRECTOR, FRESHMAN COLLOQUIUM PROGRAM, 1979-80
CO-ADVISOR TO BLACK STUDENT ORGANIZATION (SOBA), 1979-80
UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS COMMITTEE, 1979-80, 1981-82, 1985-86
FRESHMAN FACULTY ADVISOR, 1977-80, 1997INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES COMMITTEE, 1977-79
LANGUAGES
FRENCH (SPEAKING AND READING KNOWLEDGE)
GERMAN (READING KNOWLEDGE)
RUSSIAN (SOME SPEAKING AND READING KNOWLEDGE)
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL ASSOCIATION
SOCIETY FOR PHILOSOPHY AND TECHNOLOGY
SOCIETY FOR PHENOMENOLOGY AND EXISTENTIAL PHILOSOPHY
ALAIN LOCKE SOCIETY
NORTH AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR PHILOSOPHICAL HERMENEUTICS
COURSES TAUGHT (SUNY/STONY BROOK COURSES IN BOLD; YALE COURSES IN ITALICS)
CORE 101-102 (INTERDISCIPLINARY CORE COURSE FOR FIRST YEAR STUDENTS)
HON 105 (MODES OF KNOWLEDGE)
HON 106 (MODES OF BEING)
PHILOSOPHY 108 (LOGICAL AND CRITICAL REASONING)
COLLOQUIUM 139 (FINDING THE SELF: RACIAL AND SEXUAL FACTORS IN AN AGE OF TECHNOLOGY)
COLLOQUIUM 151 (EROS AND UNDERSTANDING: PHILOSOPHICAL REFLECTIONS ON LOVE AND SEXUALITY)
PHILOSOPHY 200 (INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHICAL ARGUMENT)
PHILOSOPHY 251 (ELEMENTARY LOGIC)
PHILOSOPHY 252 (PHILOSOPHY OF THE SCIENCES)
PHILOSOPHY 264 (PHILOSOPHY AND THE ARTS)
ETHICS, POLITICS AND ECONOMICS 304a (SOCIAL STUDIES OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY)
PHILOSOPHY 331 (PLATO, ARISTOTLE AND DESCARTES)
PHILOSOPHY 336 (HEGEL AND THE AFTERMATH: TOPICS IN 19TH CENTURY GERMAN PHILOSOPHY)
PHILOSOPHY 339 (EXISTENTIALISM)
PHILOSOPHY 347 (HERMENEUTICS AND DECONSTRUCTION)
PHILOSOPHY 353 (PHILOSOPHY OF NATURAL SCIENCE)
PHILOSOPHY 354 (PHILOSOPHY OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE)
PHILOSOPHY 301-302 (JUNIOR SEMINAR: PHILOSOPHICAL METHOD)
PHILOSOPHY 363 (PHILOSOPHY OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES)
PHILOSOPHY 368 (PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE)
PHILOSOPHY 392H (HONORS TUTORIAL: GÖDEL, ESCHER AND BACH)
INDEPENDENT STUDY COURSE (HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY)
PHILOSOPHY 385A (HEIDEGGER AND THE FIGURE OF REPETITION)
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PHILOSOPHY 385B (RATIONALITY, IDEOLOGY AND DIFFERENCE)
PHILOSOPHY 385C (CRITICAL THEORY: FROM LUKÁCS TO HABERMAS--THE LEGACY OF CRITICAL MARXISM)
PHILOSOPHY 385D (HEGEL AND THE IDEA OF MODERNITY)
PHILOSOPHY 385E (COMMUNITY AND DIFFERENCE--REFLECTIONS ON HUMANISM IN `POST MODERN'
CULTURE)
PHILOSOPHY 385-03 (PHILOSOPHY OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES)
PHILOSOPHY 401 (SYSTEMS OF THE GREAT PHILOSOPHERS-ADORNO)
PHILOSOPHY 435 (HERMENEUTICS AND CRITICAL THEORY)
MASTER OF HUMANITIES 569 (THE CONCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN SCIENCE)
PHILOSOPHY 610 (PHILOSOPHY AND THE ARTS: CRITICAL THEORY AND AESTHETICS)
PHILOSOPHY 616 (TECHNOSCIENCE SEMINAR: RATIONALITY, RELATIVISM, AND PRACTICE)
PHILOSOPHY 630 (PROSEMINAR: CRITICAL THEORY AND THE ENLIGHTENMENT PROJECT)
PHILOSOPHY 630 (PROSEMINAR: THE LINGUISTIC TURN IN HERMENEUTICS)
PHILOSOPHY 644 (HUMANISM, MULTICULTURALISM AND DIFFERENCE)
PHILOSOPHY 660a (HERMENEUTICS, MULTICULTURALISM AND COSMOPOLITAN CRITIQUE)
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